Peter Zeihan Education Background and early life
What is Peter Zeihan Education background?
Peter Henry Zeihan was born in 1973 and was raised in Marshalltown, Iowa as the adopted son of educators Jerald and Agnes Zeihan.
He completed his high school education at Marshalltown High School in 1992.
Zeihan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from what was then known as Northeast Missouri State University in 1995.
He further pursued a postgraduate diploma in Asian studies from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, graduating in 1997.
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Peter Zeihan Career
After his disillusionment with his work experience at the American Embassy in Australia and the Center for Political and Strategic Studies, a think tank founded by Susan Eisenhower, Zeihan joined the geopolitical intelligence firm Stratfor in 2000 as an analyst based in Austin, Texas.
He remained with Stratfor for 12 years and eventually became the vice president of the company.
During his time at Stratfor, Zeihan coauthored his first book, “A Crucible of Nations,” with Lauren Goodrich in 2011.
The book focuses on the Caucasus region of Eastern Europe.
In 2012, Zeihan departed from Stratfor and established his own consulting firm, Zeihan on Geopolitics.
His clientele includes energy companies, financial institutions, business associations, agricultural interests, universities, and other government organizations.
Zeihan continued to publish books after leaving Stratfor.
His Notable works
His notable works include “Accidental Superpower” (2014), “The Absent Superpower” (2017), “Disunited Nations” (2020), and “The End of the World Is Just the Beginning” (2022).
Publications:
- “A Crucible of Nations” (2011) coauthored with Lauren Goodrich
- “The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disaster” (2014)
- “The Absent Superpower: The Shale Revolution and a World without America” (2017)
- “Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World” (2020)
- “The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization” (2022)